The Killer of Pilgrims

The Sixteenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew There is unease in the chill winter of Cambridge in 1358. A thief is at work in the houses of the wealthy, colleges are vying with each other for funds and academic recognition, and the shrine of St Simon Stock is attracting both pilgrims and those who prey on them – charlatans peddling fake relics and dubious pardons. When the body of one of the town’s richest taverners is found in Michaelhouse it at first seems his death was accidental, but when Bartholomew views the corpse he knows it is murder. There is no shortage of suspects to investigate, from the tenants who have publicly argued with the victim to his merrily ‘grieving’ widow, but the trail has been blurred by someone who is using the discovery of the body to try and discredit the college. Against a background of rising tension between the colleges and the increasing audacity of the thief, Bartholomew and Brother Michael hunt desperately for the proof that w...

Author: Gregory Susanna

ISBN: 9780748124510

Year of publication: 2010

Collection: Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew

Genre: Historical detective

Number of pages: 394

Reading time: 6 h. 34 min.

Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF

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